List of United Nations articles
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David Beasley, Abdalla Hamdok, and Abdelaziz al-Hilu attend a World Food Program visit. The World Food Program’s Freelance Diplomacy
David Beasley’s unsanctioned mediation efforts in Khartoum rankle U.S. and U.N. diplomats.
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Delegates sit in the action zone as they attend the third day of the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 3. 4 Key Takeaways From COP26
After two weeks of intense climate negotiations, here’s where progress was made—and where negotiations fell short.
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Palestinians collect food aid at a U.N. distribution center. Palestinian Schools Have a Problem—and Are Running Out of Time
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has failed to fulfill demands for reform—and may soon face the consequences.
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North-Korea-un-sanctions-foreign-policy-illustration ‘You Live With a Degree of Paranoia’
Inside North Korea’s campaign to penetrate the U.N. sanctions experts’ wall of secrecy.
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Iran's President's Ebrahim Raisi remotely addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly on September 21, 2021 at U.N. headquarters in New York City. Iran Turns East
Conservative President Ebrahim Raisi, deeply distrustful of the West, looks to deepen ties with China and Russia.
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Libyans inspect the site of a car bomb attack. Libya’s Chaos Is a Warning to the World
Ten years after Qaddafi’s death, Libya is a harbinger of the enduring global disorder to come.
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un-sanctions-inspectors-russia-foreign-policy-illustration Russia’s Sanctions Problem
Are its U.N. panel obstructions about short-term leverage, or are they intended as an existential threat to the system?
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un-sanctions-inspectors-africa-foreign-policy-illustration ‘The Worst Bloody Job in the World’
U.N. sanctions inspectors feel unsupported and unsafe.
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un-sanctions-inspectors-china-foreign-policy-illustration ‘It Was Like Having the Chinese Government in the Room With Us’
China’s method for blocking sanctions regimes.
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un-sanctions-inspectors-2-foreign-policy-illustration Sunset for U.N. Sanctions?
How the world came to depend on U.N. punitive measures and why the enforcement system is under threat—the first in a series by FP’s Colum Lynch.
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A Spartan woman says goodbye to her son as he goes to war in an 1881 drawing by Dionisio Baixeras. Why Can’t Women End Wars?
Even as other domains of policy diversify, peacemaking is still left almost entirely to men.
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People hold candles during a rally in Yerevan, Armenia, on September 26, 2021. Around 3,000 Armenians marched in capital Yerevan on September 26, 2021, to commemorate the victims of the war with arch-foe Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region the year before. The U.N. Must Investigate Nagorno-Karabakh War Crimes
Baku and Yerevan are not members of the International Criminal Court. That means an independent international investigation is needed to ensure accountability for atrocities.
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UN-most-important-speeches-biden-xi-modi-raisi-suluhu-bolsonaro-2 The Most Important U.N. Speeches This Year
FP columnists and contributors break down the good, the bad, and the ugly from the 76th U.N. General Assembly.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping poses after delivering his speech. China Is Choking Civil Society at the United Nations
The Chinese government is using every means at its disposal to do battle with NGOs.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in addresses the U.N. General Assembly. Stalled North Korea Talks Show UNGA’s Limits
World leaders have little to celebrate on the 30th anniversary of South Korea and North Korea joining the United Nations.
